Breathing Space – A Blogger Retreat
I am SO excited to attend Breathing Space a blogger retreat in Daybreak, Utah on May 4-5, 2012. I stumbled onto a post about this conference a couple weeks ago. I thought it would be good to meet other bloggers, especially because I'm new to this whole blogging world! My next thought was would it be fun going alone, not knowing anyone? After some more research and contemplation I decided to jump in and do something way out of my comfort zone and go. They said I would be provided with my new ...
Market Street Au Gratin Potatoes
Five Little Chefs - Market Street Au Gratin Potatoes
This was the first time Little Chef C peeled the potatoes without having one drop into the sink! We both were very excited!
We have used the mandolin many time to slice potatoes. It works with limited success. This time I had a different idea for cutting, the food processor! Little Chef C had a great time dropping the potatoes into the hole and watching them shoot out the bottom into the bowl. She also grated the cheese in the same ...
Easter Turkey
We pulled out the turkey from the refrigerator and cut open the bag. Little Chef A patted the turkey dry on both sides and placed it in the roasting pan.
Little Chef C cut the orange and onion in 8ths. She did it the night before so she knew exactly how to do it, just one additional cut. She also cut the celery and the carrot in one inch pieces.
Little Chef a covered the outside of the turkey with pats of butter. She was ok getting her hands all greasy this time and did not complain...
How NOT to brine a turkey!
Five Little Chefs - How NOT to brine a turkey
Little Chef A thought it would be fun to make a turkey. While we were cooking she said over and over she wished it was Thanksgiving so we could have a lot of cousins to play with! That is usually what happens when we have turkey for a meal.
After defrosting the turkey for days and taking up so much space in our refrigerator it was time to start preparing. Little Chef A was overly excited to take it out and put it in the freshly cleaned kitchen ...
Fried Ravioli
Five Little Chefs - Fried Ravioli
Little Chef A was ready for another Giada recipe. We found Fried Ravioli from the Food Network. From reading the recipe it seemed easy. It has only a 15 minute cooking time! That means it should take us about an hour! Little Chef A went to the grocery store with me to find all the ingredients for this weeks recipes. She was extremely excited to have one on one time with me at the store!
Little Chef A put some vegetable oil (not olive oil as the recipe ...
Little Chef Musings
Our Chicken Fajitas were featured at 30 Handmade Days! Thanks so much!
My Little Chefs are starting to sound like they are experts. Some are more daring then others to voice their opinion. Some ask more questions then others. Most of those conversations occur while we are cooking. Some occur when we watch Food Network or when someone else is making the meal. Most of the time I laugh and they are not sure what to say to that. They do not know what is so funny.
Tonight Little Chef Dad was ...
Frozen Yogurt Drops
Five Little Chefs - Frozen Yogurt Drops
Frozen Yogurt Drops is not our idea. In fact I saw it on Pinterest and pinned it like many others. I wanted to see if Little Chefs could make these themselves. It does seem very simple. Only 4 steps!
1. Fill a ziploc bag with any type of yogurt, we used about 1 cup. Do you know the ziploc trick? Roll the top of the bag down so the new top edge is actually the inside of the bag. Now when you spill on the top part of the bag as you fill it you are ...
Amish White Bread
Five Little Chefs - Amish White Bread
We LOVE warm homemade rolls! I make them quite often; dinner rolls, French Dip rolls, whole wheat rolls. We needed to bring rolls to Grandma and Grandpa's house so I thought it was time to let my Little Chefs tackle this recipe., Amish White Bread.
The first instruction I gave was about yeast and the temperature of water. Little Chef A didn't seem so interested in the complexity of having just the right temperature of water, instead she wanted ...
Too Much Chocolate Cake and Satiny Chocolate Glaze
Today's post really should be named Questions. What does this do? What does that do? It made me feel not very smart. I didn't have the answers. I think we need to become Alton Brown students because he is so good at explaining the purpose of each ingredient.
I have made this Too Much Chocolate Cake recipe once before with rave reviews. It is simple because it is made with a boxed cake mix and some extra additions. We were going up to Grandma and Grandpa's house for family dinner and one ...
German Pancake and Buttermilk Syrup
For one night when Little Chef Dad is away for work we usually have breakfast for dinner. This evening Little Chef A wanted to make German Pancakes. She remembers loving them after making them for the first time with Grandma. Don't you love how memories are tied together with food!
Little Chef A got out the eggs to crack. It is so funny to me that she says, "Oopsy" each time she cracks it open with her thumbs as if she made a mistake! Followed by the much anticipated, "Icky, my hands are ...
Chicken Fajitas
Five Little Chefs - Chicken Fajitas
We bought a lot of fresh vegetables at the store. In our house that usually means Chicken Fajitas for dinner. Little Chef A wanted to help. This recipe has a lot of slicing which is why in the past I've made this alone.This is her day to learn how to slice!
The first step for Chicken Fajitas is to make the marinate. She needed to squeeze a lime. Little Chef A immediately took the lime and started rolling it on the counter. I asked her ...
Rosemary Chicken with Orange Maple Glaze
Five Little Chefs - Rosemary Chicken with Orange Maple Glaze
We frequently eat chicken, but are always looking for an even better recipe. Little Chef C wanted to try this Rosemary Chicken with Orange Maple Glaze recipe.
We had a chance to talk about substitutes for wine. We do not drink wine, but I don't want my Little Chefs to be afraid of recipes where wine is included. There are substitutes we do not need to throw the recipe out. This time we used chicken broth.
Before the ...
